Mumbai: Even as the fate of Goregaon’s Veer Savarkar flyover hangs in the balance, the BMC-appointed contractor has begun piling work for the proposed connector of the Mumbai Coastal Road (North) project. The connector will link Mindspace in Malad to the Dindoshi sessions court.Work kicked off from the Dindoshi end of the alignment despite the…
Mumbai: In a minor reshuffle in the bureaucracy, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday shifted Tukaram Mundhe from one insignificant department to another. Mundhe was development commissioner of unorganised sector and now he has been posted as secretary, Divyang Kalyan department, Mantralaya. An IAS officer of the 2005 batch, Mundhe has been shifted on 21…
Mira Bhayander: A father-son duo were assaulted on Sunday afternoon when they objected to pigeon feeding in their society. They approached police who registered a case and are further investigating. The incident took place at DB Ozone, Mira Road east on Sunday morning when the complainant, Mahendra Patel, stepped out to buy milk. “I saw…
Mumbai: While the govt appears to be backtracking on the issue of feeding pigeons in public places, BMC teams continue to crack down on the practice and has, in fact, broadened its effort to tighten the vigil at more spots.The BMC’s A ward has written to the local police station seeking assistance in taking action…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday used its exclusive powers under Article 142 to dissolve a marriage by asking the man to gift the wife a flat worth Rs 4 crore in a posh Mumbai area while rejecting her demand for additional Rs 12 crore and a BMW car.A bench of CJI B R…
MUMBAI: State govt will not be able to provide ‘Anandacha Shidha’ or the subsidised festive food kit for Ganeshotsav due to financial strain caused by the state’s flagship Ladki Bahin Yojana, state food and civil supplies minister Chhagan Bhujbal said on Tuesday. The scheme provided kits to eligible ration card holders for key festivals in…
MUMBAI: Tensions flared at the Dadar Kabutarkhana on Wednesday morning after several members of the Jain community attempted to forcibly remove a cover placed by the BMC to restrict pigeon feeding at the site. The civic body had installed the cover over the weekend following ongoing concerns about public health hazards caused by indiscriminate pigeon…
MUMBAI: The Supreme Court collegium on July 28 recommended three names of advocates to be appointed as additional judges of the Bombay high court. The three are Ajit Kadethankar, Arati Sathe, and Sushil Ghodeswar.Sathe is daughter of a well-known family court lawyer, Kranti Sathe, and Arun Sathe, a senior counsel on taxation laws. She was…
Mumbai: Dr Homi Bhabha State University (HBSU), Maharashtra’s only govt cluster university, is seeking 10,000 square feet of built-up space from the state govt to establish a satellite campus. The university is in talks with the govt to seek the campus in a location that is well-connected by the city’s railway network, to make it…
Mumbai: Even with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) opposing the plea with fears that he may abscond, a special PMLA court allowed Shiv Sena (UBT) “political leader” Suraj Chavan to travel to New Delhi for 20 days to consult lawyers about the intra-party disputes before the Supreme Court and attend meetings with party MPs. Chavan, who…
